East German teacher Rebecca Hoffmann discovers shes been spied on by the Stasi for years and commits an impulsive actGeorge Jakes, the child of a mixed-race couple, bypasses a corporate law career to join Robert F. Kennedys Justice Department and finds himself in the middle of the civil rights battleCameron Dewar, the grandson of a senator, jumps at the chance to do some official and unofficial espionage, only to discover that the world is a much more dangerous place than hed imaginedDimka Dvorkin, a young aide to Nikita Krushchev, becomes a prime agent both for good and for ill as the United States and the Soviet Union race to the brink of nuclear war, while his twin sister, Tanya, carves out a role that will take her from Moscow to Cuba to Prague to Warsawand into history.
About the Author:
Ken Follett was twenty-seven when he wrote Eye of the Needle, an award-winning thriller that became an international bestseller. He then surprised everyone with The Pillars of the Earth, about the building of a cathedral in the Middle Ages, which continues to captivate millions of readers all over the world and its long-awaited sequel, World Without End, was a number one bestseller in the US, UK and Europe. Fall of Giants and Winter of the World, the first bestselling books in the Century trilogy are followed by this epic finale, Edge of Eternity.